GeForce GT 310 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which features a core clock speed of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310		31 Watts
Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 79 Watts (255%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 370 4G should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 310 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 163200 (1020%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G should be much (about 1224%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57688 (1224%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28844 (1224%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.